Quotes with step-parents

Quotes 101 till 120 of 435.

  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    British author (1859 - 1930)
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  • Rosa Parks I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.
    Rosa Parks
    American activist in the civil rights movement (1913 - 2005)
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  • Alex Haley I look at my books the way parents look at their children. The fact that one becomes more successful than the others doesn't make me love the less successful one any less.
    Alex Haley
    American writer (1921 - 1992)
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  • Abbott Eliot Kittredge I never hear parents exclaim impatiently, Children, you must no make so much noise, that I do not think how soon the time may come when, beside the vacant seat, those parents would give all the world, could they hear once more the ringing laughter which once so disturbed them.
    Abbott Eliot Kittredge
    American minister (1834 - 1912)
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  • Orson Welles I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
    Orson Welles
    American film maker (1915 - 1985)
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  • Anna Quindlen I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out of the darkness and change my life. It never crossed my mind that that person could be me.
    Anna Quindlen
    American author and journalist (1952 - )
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  • Buzz Aldrin I remember it was hard to believe that I was taking a step onto the lunar surface.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Adam Sandler I still get very scared when I step in front of a live audience.
    Adam Sandler
    American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (1966 - )
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  • Hippocrates I swear... to hold my teacher in this art equal to my own parents; to make him partner in my livelihood; when he is in need of money to share mine with him; to consider his family as my own brothers and to teach them this art, if they want to learn it, without fee or indenture.
    Hippocrates
    Greek physician (460 - 377)
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  • Diana Spencer Princess of Wales I think like any marriage, especially when you’ve had divorced parents like myself, you’d want to try even harder to make it work.
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  • Bryce Dallas Howard I want to be a good example for my son. That's the best way to parent - to be the example of what you want to see in them. That's definitely how my parents parented and how my grandparents parented. And it works.
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    American actress and filmmaker (1981 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw I was always unlawful; I broke the law when I was born because my parents weren't married.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Alan Bennett I was an only child. I lost both my parents. By the time I was twenty I was bald. I'm homosexual. In the way of circumstances and background to transcend I had everything an artist could possibly want. It was practically a blueprint. I was programmed to be a novelist or a playwright. But I'm not.
    Alan Bennett
    British playwright, screenwriter, actor and author (1934 - )
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  • Brooke Shields I would have thought that I would have become one of those parents - just because it's my nature to be such a perfectionist - that anything falling short, I would have seen as a failure. But something has happened to me over the past few years - it's not Zen, believe me, I'm not at all Zen - but I'm so appreciative of even the chaos.
    Brooke Shields
    American actress and model (1965 - )
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  • Bethany Hamilton I'm a surfer at heart. Both my parents moved to Hawaii in the 1970s, where they met and became Christians. Then they taught me and my two brothers how to love the Lord - and how to surf!
    Bethany Hamilton
    American professional surfer (1990 - )
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  • Zig Ziglar I'm convinced that what kids need today are parents - not buddies. They need someone who will exercise mature judgment.
    Zig Ziglar
    American author, salesman, and motivational speaker. (1926 - 2012)
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  • Busy Philipps I'm in the middle of my own 'Project Runway' challenge given to me by my daughter's preschool. All the parents have to make an outfit for their kids, for school pictures, made entirely out of recycled objects. I can not believe I have homework.
    Busy Philipps
    American actress and writer (1979 - )
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  • Beck I'm just taking one step at a time. I could zigzag one way, but it's not usually on purpose.
    Beck
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1970 - )
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  • Barbara Bush I'm worried about parents who aren't parenting.
    Barbara Bush
    American First Lady (1925 - 2018)
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  • Bruce Forsyth I've always been a family entertainer. Every show I have done has been suitable for any age - parents never need to worry that, if they pop out of the room, I'll say anything untoward.
    Bruce Forsyth
    British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer and screenwriter (1928 - 2017)
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